30.0% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.7%
- 2021: 30.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Boyer · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Boyer
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
More people chip in through volunteering in Boyer than in most similar areas. Around 30% of residents volunteer, which is far above the national figure of 14.1%. This high level of community spirit is matched by a very high rate of people caring for children unpaid.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Volunteering is very common here, with 30% of people helping out. This is far above the 18% seen across Tasmania and the 14.1% recorded for Australia.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
A huge 40% of residents provide unpaid childcare, which is far above the national figure of 26.3%. However, 0% of people provide other forms of unpaid care, and the 15% who do 15 or more hours of housework is well below the Tasmanian average.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
40.0% —
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 44.8%
- 2021: 40.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
15.0% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 15.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
Defence service
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
Defence service is lower than in most areas, with 0% of residents having served in the Defence Force. This is well below the state figure of 4%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Boyer [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60064/boyer/topic/community